"'As we stand with two roads before us, how shall we know whether the right road or the left road will lead us to our destiny?' - Young Caine 'You spoke of chance, Grasshopper, as if such a thing were certain to exist. In the matter you speak of, Destiny, there is no such thing as chance for whichever way we choose, right or left, it must lead to an end. And that end is our destiny.'" - Master Po

"Wherever you are, I will be with you. Wherever I am, you will be with me".

"A breath of life moves through a deathless valley of mysterious motherhood, which conceives and bears the universal seed, seeming of a world never to end. Breath for men to draw from as they will. And the more they take of it the more remains".

"'Master, I see others and they seem to know the way.' - Young Caine
'Do you?' - Master Po
'I am puzzled and unsure. I move one way and then another to no purpose.' - Young Caine
'And, therefore, grieve.' - Master Po
'Yes, Master.' - Young Caine
'The sage has said, 'Others are contented. I alone am drifting, not knowing where I am. I'm alone without knowing where to go. I am different. I am nourished by the great mother.' In an uncertain hour, the wise man acknowledges uncertainty.'" - Master Po, quoting the TAO TE CHING chapter #20 [F]

"'Sometimes. . . it seems as if a wall lies between myself and others. A wall through which I may see but not touch.' - Young Caine
'You feel the fault within yourself?' - Master Po
'I do not know where the fault lies, but I feel apart.' - Young Caine
'In your conversation with this other, more is left unsaid than is said. Who can know himself well enough to speak all? Who is so well founded to hear all? The sage says, 'Shape clay into a vessel, cut doors and windows for a room; it is the space within which makes it useful.' So we must listen for the space between us. We must hear the silences.'" - Master Po (quoting the TAO TE CHING chapter #11 which is also quoted in #25 "The Hoots")

"To run from your demon is to have him pursue you. Better to advance to meet your demon in his world than have him pursue you into yours." - Master Po
"You must fight. . . .You seek to escape. Instead you must go in even deeper." - Master Po to Caine
'I command you to die.' - Demon to Caine
'And I command you to be nothing.'" - Caine to demon
"The mind is free to create its demons or its guardians." - Caine
"We choose our own directions." - Caine, in spite of believing in destiny

"Any man can be broken. . . By a strength outside greater than himself or a weakness inside which he cannot understand." - Caine